Kat Kramer, Producer/Founder of "Kat Kramer’s Films That Change the World," Says "Bully" and "Teach Your Children Well" Documentary Films Call Attention to Tragic Results
Los Angeles, CA, April 04, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Actress, singer, film producer and activist Kat Kramer, whose famed father film director Stanley Kramer was known for making socially conscious films, would make her Dad proud these days. In 2009, she founded a film series called “Kat Kramer’s Films That Change the World” under the auspices of KnK Productions Inc. to highlight motion pictures that raise awareness of important social issues.
Amidst a barrage of media attention on bullying over the past year, and in particular the suicides resulting from bullying, Kramer became the first media personality to host a premiere for the groundbreaking documentary short film about bullying titled “Teach Your Children Well.” Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actress and comedienne Lily Tomlin, the film explores the often tragic effects of homophobia, bullying and school violence. It tells its story through interviews with parents, teachers, students and professionals from various gay and lesbian service organizations.
Following on the same path as Kramer’s film series, The Weinstein Company last week released another controversial film “Bully,” which follows the bullying crisis seen through the lives of five kids and their families.
“ ‘Bully’ is a powerful documentary that has the ability to make the world aware, and to take even more seriously, the role of parents and teachers in the bullying crisis that faces our nations families and schools,” said Ms. Kramer.
"Films like ‘Bully’ and ‘Teach Your Children Well’ have the power and influence to change the world and motivate us all to put a stop to this tragedy in our culture."
As an actress, Ms. Kramer has appeared on stage and on the big screen. She has starred in two popular one-woman shows, The Colors of Myself and Kriss Krossing and won awards for her roles as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. She has also appeared in such films as Hollywood Dreams, Going Shopping, What Just Happened and Little Fockers. She will also be seen in the upcoming film Katie Q with Karen Black, Paul Sand and Zack Norman. As a singer, Ms. Kramer is currently recording Gemstone, an album of Mick Jagger love songs each as a duet with a different artist who has previously worked with Sir Mick. As a producer, she is developing a web series about the making of her album titled My Duet with Mick.
Kramer received a rousing ovation with a special musical tribute to her long-time friend and mentor Lily Tomlin at the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Awards in February 2012. Kramer previously received the "Compassion" Award from the Braveheart Women’s Organization.
A fixture at Hollywood events, Ms. Kramer has headlined at awards shows and galas for such luminaries as Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Shirley MacLaine. Ms. Kramer, who is the goddaughter of the late Katharine Hepburn, proudly serves as the West Coast representative of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center.
Previous selections in her film screening series have included the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove, which exposed the slaughter of dolphins in Japan; Elephants and Man: A Litany of Tragedy, about the suffering of elephants in captivity; and Barbra Streisand's Yentl, which focused attention on women's equality, and was used as a springboard for a discussion about the widespread sexual abuse of women in the Congo.
Among the noteworthy and award-winning films by the late Stanley Kramer were "Judgment at Nuremberg," "Ship of Fools," "On the Beach," “The Defiant Ones,” “Inherit the Wind,” "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and “It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.” Director Steven Spielberg described him as "one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world." Kramer’s films received an incredible 85 Academy Award nominations in various categories, including 16 victories altogether.
Amidst a barrage of media attention on bullying over the past year, and in particular the suicides resulting from bullying, Kramer became the first media personality to host a premiere for the groundbreaking documentary short film about bullying titled “Teach Your Children Well.” Narrated by Emmy Award-winning actress and comedienne Lily Tomlin, the film explores the often tragic effects of homophobia, bullying and school violence. It tells its story through interviews with parents, teachers, students and professionals from various gay and lesbian service organizations.
Following on the same path as Kramer’s film series, The Weinstein Company last week released another controversial film “Bully,” which follows the bullying crisis seen through the lives of five kids and their families.
“ ‘Bully’ is a powerful documentary that has the ability to make the world aware, and to take even more seriously, the role of parents and teachers in the bullying crisis that faces our nations families and schools,” said Ms. Kramer.
"Films like ‘Bully’ and ‘Teach Your Children Well’ have the power and influence to change the world and motivate us all to put a stop to this tragedy in our culture."
As an actress, Ms. Kramer has appeared on stage and on the big screen. She has starred in two popular one-woman shows, The Colors of Myself and Kriss Krossing and won awards for her roles as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank. She has also appeared in such films as Hollywood Dreams, Going Shopping, What Just Happened and Little Fockers. She will also be seen in the upcoming film Katie Q with Karen Black, Paul Sand and Zack Norman. As a singer, Ms. Kramer is currently recording Gemstone, an album of Mick Jagger love songs each as a duet with a different artist who has previously worked with Sir Mick. As a producer, she is developing a web series about the making of her album titled My Duet with Mick.
Kramer received a rousing ovation with a special musical tribute to her long-time friend and mentor Lily Tomlin at the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters Awards in February 2012. Kramer previously received the "Compassion" Award from the Braveheart Women’s Organization.
A fixture at Hollywood events, Ms. Kramer has headlined at awards shows and galas for such luminaries as Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Shirley MacLaine. Ms. Kramer, who is the goddaughter of the late Katharine Hepburn, proudly serves as the West Coast representative of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center.
Previous selections in her film screening series have included the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove, which exposed the slaughter of dolphins in Japan; Elephants and Man: A Litany of Tragedy, about the suffering of elephants in captivity; and Barbra Streisand's Yentl, which focused attention on women's equality, and was used as a springboard for a discussion about the widespread sexual abuse of women in the Congo.
Among the noteworthy and award-winning films by the late Stanley Kramer were "Judgment at Nuremberg," "Ship of Fools," "On the Beach," “The Defiant Ones,” “Inherit the Wind,” "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and “It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.” Director Steven Spielberg described him as "one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world." Kramer’s films received an incredible 85 Academy Award nominations in various categories, including 16 victories altogether.
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